Using Logic and Science to Establish Faith: An Islamic Perspective | Omar Abdul Fatah


Collected: This talk was given at a TEDx event in 2018.



About the presenter: Omar Abdul Fatah was a history student at UBC, and pursuing a career in teaching in Japan while he presented this in 2018. This talk is about untangling the dichotomy between science/logic and religion. Specifically, Omar explains how he used both logic and science to affirm his faith as a Muslim.


In the presentation, Omar Fatah did experiments with few hypothesis on his religion Islam -

Hypothesis -1: No contradiction in the Quran

In the Quran, it is mentioned that [Chapter:2, Verse:2] -

"This is the book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah".

It is also mentioned in the Quran that [Chapter:4, Verse 82] -

"... If it had been from any other than Allah, they would have found much contradiction".

Hypothesis -2: There is no scientific errors in the Quran

 In the Quran, everything mentioned was over 1400 years ago, some of which about science have been understood in recent years.

For example, about the sun and moon -

It is mentioned that [Chapter:10, Verse 5] -

"It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determied for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account of time. Allah has not created this except in truth? He details the signs for people who know".

There are indication of "Big Bang Theory" in the Quran, which had been thought for the first time in 1927 -

In the Quran [Chapter:21, Verse 30] -

"Have those who disbelieved not considered that, the heavens (galaxies) and earth were a joined entity, and We separated them, and made every living thing from water? Then will they not believe?"

It had not been discovered until 1929 that, the galaxies are expanding. About this, it was mentioned in the Quran [Chapter:51, Verse:47] -

"And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed We are it's expander".


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